"Did you guys eat lunch yet?" Jaysen inquired.
"Not yet," Johnny responded.
"All right then. I'll prepare more food."
"I'll help you." Timothy offered and followed Jaysen into the kitchen.
Johnny gave Simon's rear another smack and heard the lad groan once again. He managed to scoot Simon over a little so that he could sit down on the couch. "So?"
"What?" Simon blinked with wide eyes.
"Aren't you going to tell me how you hurt your butt? Did you slip in the bathroom or something?"
"I slept with ge," Simon informed and immediately added. "We not only slept together. We slept together."
"Wait. Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"I...think so." Simon slowly sat up. "I'm so sore."
"Baby!" Johnny called.
Timothy stuck his head out from the doorframe. "What is it?"
"Our little boy has finally grown up!"
A loud gasp emitted from Timothy's mouth, as he rushed out to Simon. "Did you use protection?"
"Is it too late to regret telling you guys?" Simon's lips wavered.
"Simon, it doesn't matter," Johnny voiced. "We'll find out anyway, whether you tell us or not."
"I..." As usual, Simon's stomach growled like a set alarm and his face turned bright red from embarrassment.
"Someone's starving!" Johnny yelled out and saw Jaysen walking out with a bowl of sliced apples.
"Here. These will calm your tummy while you wait. Lunch should be ready soon." With that, Jaysen headed back into the kitchen.
"Oops...let me get back to helping." Timothy trailed after Jaysen to finish what he was doing earlier.
Simon grabbed the fork and poked a piece of apple to munch on. "Mm...sweet."
"I'm sure Instructor Xu thinks you are." Johnny chuckled.
"I was talking about the apple. Get your head out of the gutter," Simon complained. "Could we stop talking about this already?" He forked up another piece and offered it to Johnny.
"Okay," Johnny agreed and accepted the offering. "You're right. It is sweet."
"I told you so."
"Son, do you need more condoms? I happen to have another box in my pocket."
"Geez! Why do you have so many boxes of condoms?"
"That's because your mother is hard to resist."
"I heard that!" Timothy warned from inside the kitchen.
"I meant to say, your father is irresistible. I can't keep my hands off of him."
"It's not your hands that Timothy has to worry about." Simon returned.
"Wow! You actually said that without blushing. That's quite an improvement."
Jaysen brought out a plate of vegetables stir fry and placed it on the dining table. "Don't pick on Simon," he warned.
"How did you derive at that conclusion?" Johnny questioned.
"His face is red." Jaysen pointed out.
"His face isn't," Johnny glimpsed over at Simon and rephrased, "never mind. His face is red."
"Simon, come sit at the table. You could start eating, since you're hungry."
"He finished all the apple slices," Johnny uttered.
"I shared them with you," Simon shot back.
"You gave me one slice."
"I would have given you more, but you were too busy talking."
"That's because my son just lost his virginity!"
Simon wheezed. "D-Don't say it out loud."
"Don't make him blush." Timothy brought out a large platter of fried noodles with chicken. "He might get a fever."
"I'm not that fragile." Simon got up from his seat and groaned. "My waist." He rubbed the small of his back and whimpered.
"Here." Johnny held onto Simon's hand. "I'll support you over to the table."
Seeing Simon slightly slouching as he gradually made his way to the food, Timothy couldn't help but burst out in laughter. Simon and Johnny threw him a look of confusion.
"What's so funny, baby?" Johnny wondered.
"Simon looks like a pregnant woman who is walking in the hall to prep for labor," Timothy enlightened.
Johnny gave Simon the once-over and laughed in agreement. "You're absolutely right."
"That's not funny." Simon grumbled.
"Actually," Jaysen corrected, "he's more like the empress walking with her eunuch."
"That's...rather accurate as well," Timothy occurred.
"Except for the part about the eunuch," Johnny stated in disapproval. "I assure you, I'm no eunuch. Right, baby?"
"Say that again and you might become one," Timothy threatened.
"If that ever happens, I don't mind you topping me." Johnny beamed.
Simon rolled his eyes and pulled out a chair to sit down.
"Sit down gently," Johnny reminded. "You don't want to hurt our unborn grandchild."
"I hate you all," Simon growled and jutted out his bottom lip.
Jaysen placed some noodles into Simon's plate, making sure he got plenty of chicken. "Here. You must be hungry. I made your favorite."
Simon's pout melted into a smile, as he swallowed his saliva at the delicious food before him. He picked up his chopsticks and started eating. "Mm..."
"I bet that's the same way Instructor Xu feels about you." Johnny's remark earned him a chuckle from Timothy.
Simon narrowed his eyes at them and proceeded to chew.
"I never knew you had a favorite food, Simon," Timothy commented.
"That's because he loves food in general. Everything is his favorite." Johnny taunted.
"I'm ignoring you guys," Simon muttered and filled his mouth with more noodles.
The other three joined him at the table and started eating. Jaysen put some salt and pepper pork into Simon's plate.
"Thank you."
Jaysen ruffled Simon's hair and queried. "What do you want for dinner? I'll make it for you."
Simon's eyes sparkled with delight, and he swallowed what was in his mouth. "Really?"
"Yes. You could have anything that you want."
"I want you!" Simon blurted without much thought.
"Ooh..." Johnny and Timothy grinned.
"I mean, I want you...to cook me..."
The two interrupted him with more cooing. "Ooh..."
"Aiyoh! Let me finish what I have to say." Simon huffed.
Johnny gestured with his fingers that he was zipping his mouth shut.
"Where was I?" Simon tried to remember.
"You said that you want him to cook you," Timothy enlightened.
"D-Don't say it like that," Simon sputtered with red cheeks. "I want ge to cook...make me a cake."
"You want him to make you into a cake?" Johnny purposely twisted the words. "Why? Do you want him to eat you?"
"I want him to make me a cake; not make me into a cake. What's wrong with your hearing?" Simon shouted.
"If you keep shouting like that, my hearing will definitely get worse." Johnny informed.
Simon sighed in defeat.
"Aw, what's wrong? Not going to talk back?"
"No matter what I say, you'll always find a way to twist my words around. I'm not even going to try."
"Do you want me to stop harassing you?" Johnny negotiated.
Simon didn't answer but continued to chew and swallow.
"All you have to do is answer one question."
Narrowing his eyes at Johnny, Simon asked. "What?"
"Do you love Instructor Xu?"
"I..." His eyes averted over to Jaysen and saw the man smiling at him. "Y-Yes."
"Who is he to you?" Timothy added.
"I already answered one question." Simon nitpicked.
"You need to answer one question from each of us." Timothy smirked.
"You're just as bad as Johnny."
"Well...?" Timothy waited for Simon's reply.
"He's my...ge." Simon shrunk under Timothy's intimidating glare. "M-My boyfriend."
Jaysen smiled warmly at Simon's response, and the lad couldn't help but smiled too.
"See? Admitting it isn't so hard, right?" Johnny put some vegetables into Simon's plate. "Now that it's all settled, let's eat."
Indeed, coming clean sure lifted that heavy load off Simon's shoulders. "Ge, this salt and pepper pork is very tasty." He placed some into Jaysen's plate.
"Thank you." Jaysen ate them happily.
Simon's phone began to chime, so Jaysen went to fetch it for him. "Here."
"Thank you." Simon was grateful that he didn't have to get out of his seat, since he was still quite sore. "Hello," he answered the call. "Bailin ge? What's up?" Simon's eyes widened. "What? When? I understand." Simon's hand shook in fear after Bailin hung up.
"What's wrong?" Jaysen took the phone from Simon's trembling hand and put it on the table.
"Bailin ge said that Logan ge called him." Simon paused for a moment. "Since he was around the area, Logan ge took my parents out to dinner. It was in celebration of the new investors for our game. Long story short, Logan ge happened to check his phone during their meal and my parents saw the pictures Bailin ge sent him. They are flying back with Logan ge this weekend to visit me."